Author: David C. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Offers a look at public broadcasting's most successful programs, including Masterpiece Theatre, Brideshead Revisited, Frontline, NOVA, and Sesame Street.
The PBS Companion
Author: David C. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Offers a look at public broadcasting's most successful programs, including Masterpiece Theatre, Brideshead Revisited, Frontline, NOVA, and Sesame Street.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Offers a look at public broadcasting's most successful programs, including Masterpiece Theatre, Brideshead Revisited, Frontline, NOVA, and Sesame Street.
Finding Your Roots, Season 2
Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469626195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. clearly demonstrates, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots and look further back in time than ever before. In the second season, Gates's investigation takes on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Ken Burns, Stephen King, Derek Jeter, Governor Deval Patrick, Valerie Jarrett, and Sally Field. As Gates interlaces these moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, he provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots and details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469626195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. clearly demonstrates, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots and look further back in time than ever before. In the second season, Gates's investigation takes on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Ken Burns, Stephen King, Derek Jeter, Governor Deval Patrick, Valerie Jarrett, and Sally Field. As Gates interlaces these moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, he provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots and details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.
The Great American Read: The Book of Books
Author: PBS
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0316417548
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels? PBS will launch The Great American Read series with a 2-hour special in May 2018 revealing America's 100 best-loved novels, determined by a rigorous national survey. Subsequent episodes will air in September and October. Celebrities and everyday Americans will champion their favorite novel and in the finale in late October, America's #1 best-loved novel will be revealed. The Great American Read: The Book of Books will present all 100 novels with fascinating information about each book, author profiles, a snapshot of the novel's social relevance, film or television adaptations, other books and writings by the author, and little-known facts. Also included are themed articles about banned books, the most influential book illustrators, reading recommendations, the best first-lines in literature, and more. Beautifully designed with rare images of the original manuscripts, first-edition covers, rejection letters, and other ephemera, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is a must-have book for all booklovers.
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0316417548
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels? PBS will launch The Great American Read series with a 2-hour special in May 2018 revealing America's 100 best-loved novels, determined by a rigorous national survey. Subsequent episodes will air in September and October. Celebrities and everyday Americans will champion their favorite novel and in the finale in late October, America's #1 best-loved novel will be revealed. The Great American Read: The Book of Books will present all 100 novels with fascinating information about each book, author profiles, a snapshot of the novel's social relevance, film or television adaptations, other books and writings by the author, and little-known facts. Also included are themed articles about banned books, the most influential book illustrators, reading recommendations, the best first-lines in literature, and more. Beautifully designed with rare images of the original manuscripts, first-edition covers, rejection letters, and other ephemera, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is a must-have book for all booklovers.
Legendary Lighthouses
Author: John Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762709533
Category : Legendary lighthouses (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates America's treasured coastal beacons and explores the people, places and coasts they radiate from. Photos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762709533
Category : Legendary lighthouses (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates America's treasured coastal beacons and explores the people, places and coasts they radiate from. Photos.
Growing a Business
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671671642
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The companion volume to the public television series explains what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671671642
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The companion volume to the public television series explains what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
The World of Sanditon: The Official Companion
Author: Andrew Davies
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538734702
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jane Austen's Sanditon television series. Sanditon, the final novel Austen was working on before her death, has been given an exciting conclusion, and will be brought to a primetime television audience on PBS/Masterpiece for the very first time by Emmy and BAFTA Award winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (War & Peace, Mr. Selfridge, Les Misérables, Pride and Prejudice). This, the official companion to the Masterpiece series, contains everything a fan could want to know. It explores the world Austen created, along with fascinating insights about the period and the real-life heartbreak behind her final story. And it offers location guides, behind the scenes details, and interviews with the cast, alongside beautiful illustrations and set photography.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538734702
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jane Austen's Sanditon television series. Sanditon, the final novel Austen was working on before her death, has been given an exciting conclusion, and will be brought to a primetime television audience on PBS/Masterpiece for the very first time by Emmy and BAFTA Award winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (War & Peace, Mr. Selfridge, Les Misérables, Pride and Prejudice). This, the official companion to the Masterpiece series, contains everything a fan could want to know. It explores the world Austen created, along with fascinating insights about the period and the real-life heartbreak behind her final story. And it offers location guides, behind the scenes details, and interviews with the cast, alongside beautiful illustrations and set photography.
Eyes on the Prize
Author: Juan Williams
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110163930X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. This is a companion volume to the first part of the acclaimed PBS series.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110163930X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Eyes on the Prize traces the movement from the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case in 1954 to the march on Selma and the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. This is a companion volume to the first part of the acclaimed PBS series.
Eyewitness Natural World
Author: Steve Parker
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9781564587190
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The best of Eyewitness--in a single volume! Over the years, the Eyewitness books have built an unrivaled reputation for combining lucid text with stunning photography to create books that are both educational and entertaining. Now readers can admire the best examples from the series in one gloriously diverse volume. 600 full-color photos.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9781564587190
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The best of Eyewitness--in a single volume! Over the years, the Eyewitness books have built an unrivaled reputation for combining lucid text with stunning photography to create books that are both educational and entertaining. Now readers can admire the best examples from the series in one gloriously diverse volume. 600 full-color photos.
Building Big
Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395963319
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Companion volume to PBS series which originally aired October 2000.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395963319
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Companion volume to PBS series which originally aired October 2000.
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
Author: Denis Belliveau
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742557375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Did Marco Polo reach China? This richly illustrated companion volume to the public television film chronicles the remarkable two-year expedition of explorers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell as they sought the answer to this controversial 700-year-old question. With Polo's book, The Travels of Marco Polo, as their guide, they journeyed over 25,000 miles becoming the first to retrace his entire path by land and sea without resorting to helicopters or airplanes. Surviving deadly skirmishes and capture in Afghanistan, they were the first Westerners in a generation to cross its ancient forgotten passageway to China, the Wakhan Corridor. Their camel caravan on the southern Silk Road encountered the deadly singing sands of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. In Sumatra, where Polo was stranded waiting for trade winds, they lived with the Mentawai tribes, whose culture has remained unchanged since the Bronze Age. They became among the first Americans granted visas to enter Iran, where Polo fulfilled an important mission for Kublai Khan. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, the text provides a fascinating account of the lands and peoples the two hardy adventurers encountered during their perilous journey. The authors' experiences are remarkably similar to descriptions from Polo's account of his own travels and life. Laden with adventure, humor, diplomacy, history, and art, this book is compelling proof that travel is the enemy of bigotry—a truth that resonates from Marco Polo's time to our own.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742557375
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Did Marco Polo reach China? This richly illustrated companion volume to the public television film chronicles the remarkable two-year expedition of explorers Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell as they sought the answer to this controversial 700-year-old question. With Polo's book, The Travels of Marco Polo, as their guide, they journeyed over 25,000 miles becoming the first to retrace his entire path by land and sea without resorting to helicopters or airplanes. Surviving deadly skirmishes and capture in Afghanistan, they were the first Westerners in a generation to cross its ancient forgotten passageway to China, the Wakhan Corridor. Their camel caravan on the southern Silk Road encountered the deadly singing sands of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. In Sumatra, where Polo was stranded waiting for trade winds, they lived with the Mentawai tribes, whose culture has remained unchanged since the Bronze Age. They became among the first Americans granted visas to enter Iran, where Polo fulfilled an important mission for Kublai Khan. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color photographs, the text provides a fascinating account of the lands and peoples the two hardy adventurers encountered during their perilous journey. The authors' experiences are remarkably similar to descriptions from Polo's account of his own travels and life. Laden with adventure, humor, diplomacy, history, and art, this book is compelling proof that travel is the enemy of bigotry—a truth that resonates from Marco Polo's time to our own.